Take a look around!

The City of Strasbourg

Strasbourg is a city in Eastern France which is divided into many sections by the Ill River. The oval-shaped district is called the old quarter and is filled with many examples of the Renaissance and Gothic architectural designs such as the Cathedral of Notre Dame. This city is the capital of the Bas-Rhin Department. It is a commercial, manufacturing, transportation, and cultural center. The city is often noted for its production of the pâté de foie gras (fat liver pâté)

French Alps
The highest mountains in Europe are the French Alps which extend from the Gulf of Genoa to the Danube River by Vienna. This is a great mountain for skiing so put on your ski clothes and get going!

Le Mont-Saint-Michel
This is a picture of an abbey on top of the islet called Le Mont-Saint-Michel. Le Mont-Saint-Michel is located on the coast of Normandy and is surrounded by water during a high tide. This little island has small houses and shops on its lowest levels. The abbey church is at its crown.

Chartres Cathedral
This cathedral is one of the many famous Gothic structures not only of France, but of the world. The sculptural details and the windows which still retain most of their original stained glass help conteribute to their lovely artistry. An older cathedral on this very site was burned down before the Chartres Cathedral was built after 1194. One interesting fact is that the two towers on the west side of the building were built 300 years apart with different heights and artistic inscriptions with the changing architectural times!

The Gardens of Versailles

La Roche aux Fées
This is often called Fairy Rock and is located in Brittany, France. Fairy Rock was once thought to be a funerary chamber but is, in fact, a megalith.

Loire Valley
This is the chateau garden in the Loire Valley. It is a typical highly stylized French garden. The valley is also the chief agricultural region of France.

Eiffel Tower
Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel designed and built this famous structure to symbolize the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

Le Louvre
There have been at least six rulers of France (from Francis I to Napoleon III) who have left their imprint on the exterior of the palace known as the Louvre which is now one of the world's largest museum. One interesting historical fact is that during the French Revolution, a Paris mob had stormed the Louvre and had forced King Louis XVI to pledge allegiance to the new formed nation.